Increase Federal Funding For Cultivated-Meat Research

Dear Editor,

This year's farm bill should significantly increase federal funding for cultivated-meat research. For those who don't know, cultivated meat is grown from livestock cells, without slaughter. It has the potential to dramatically reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, our pandemic risk, and the suffering we inflict on animals.

While the product is currently sold in a few high-end restaurants, further research is needed for cultivated meat to achieve price parity with slaughtered meat, which is crucial for widespread adoption. If you'd like to help pressure legislators to support this research, visit SlaughterFreeAmerica.Substack.com.

Jon Hochschartner

Granby, Conn.